Martin Brundle onboard Spa 1993
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- A lap with the commentator, in this time driver, Martin Brundle in Ligier Renault J39 in one rare footage of the 1993 onboard camera on Ligier's car. Ligier used the same engine of the top Williams-Renault combination with RS5 and RS6 V10 engines in 1993 and 1994. However the best engine of the grid was not necessary to suprime the lack of aerodinamic design in Ligier cars, leading to short results at grid. In 1995 Ligier changed to Mugen-Honda and Benetton Formula had the chance to use Renault engines, ending with the compatriots relation of french team.
Great times, back when Eurosport was a fantastic channel to follow.
Free to air back then..like screensport👍
Yes , great times with John Watson on commentary
At that time eurosport was broadcasting even the free pratice sessions...
With Brundle and "Blund-le" not only in the same sport but being teammates, I think it's only fair that from this point onwards, the Sky Sports commentator is referred to as Fred Brundle, in deference to Felipe Nasr.
Was going to comment on”blund-le” then I saw yours. Jeez John Watson isn’t even American! It’s mandatory for Americans to mispronounce foreign words and names but he hasn’t even got that excuse.
The dreadful Paul Page was the worst. Couldn’t even say paddock. “Pad ock “.
" Fred Brundle"
Hahaha
superb footage! always great to see rare onboard shots from the lesser cars!
I remember Schumacher tested a 94 spec Ligier at the end of the 94 season to be able to access the Renault engine. Bennetton were to use them in 1995. Obviously he set some impressive lap times.
My favorit layout. With gravel at Eau Rouge and the duoble chicane in the end.
Brundle struggled when left foot braking came in, because of his foot injured years back
It was a very good season for Ligier! Solid car and good drivers Line-Up. 1994 was a complete disaster.
What a beautiful track!
En Rouge looks so different with these camera angles.
Doesn’t look like the kind of guy very intimated by a personal assistant to a celeb.
Martin was in the big balls f1 era
The 93 season saw the easiest cars to drive- by far out of ANY F1 season.. but yes, big balls as in it was still very dangerous if things were to go south.
such rare footage, great upload!
The Footwork team bought McLaren's suspension system, and lap times improved right away.
Ligier, I think, raced with the 1992 spec Renault engine(the RS4?) and "somehow" got Williams's paddle-shift gearbox.
Ligier in 1992/1993 was a little weapon
Ligier actually had works engines
I miss this format of qualifying. Always something going on, times constantly changing as different drivers went out over the hour. Nowadays it seems like things only get exciting right at the end of each part of qualifying as everyone tries to get their best lap in at once.
I agree. I don't really watch qually now. The last 10 minutes makes it ideal for highlights
That Ligier is my favourite F1 car of all time
but not in the livery of 1993, 1979 and 1985 are much better
Why?
Yes, was beautiful cars!!!
I didn't like the paintjob,. but it had a nice shape. It was a decent chassis but needed an active suspension to be more consistently-competitive.
Too bad the Professor didn't manage to handle it
My hands hurt watching this. Wow.
Why? Looks fairly smooth.
Proper bus stop, proper race cars 🙂
And 4 seconds off the pace, yet 10th! People look with rose-tinted glasses through this era. The cars were all over the shop pace-wise
@@barbarooza8408It doesn't matter about the pace, just enjoy the old and good F1
@@javiergarrido6088 what made mobile chicanes and huge field spread good?
Fantastic Pearl, thanks for sharing
Wow what a crap chassis that ligier car had, especially as it had the best engine in F1. Also thank you Desvendando for the footage, I love early 90s F1.
From what I recall of that season, they started really well, and had some bright moments including podiums for both Brundle and Blundell. Great engine with the Renault power unit, same as in the all-conquering Williams, but they probably didn't develop the chassis quite so well over the season as they weren't a large team (like Williams, Benetton, Ferrari or McLaren of that era).
Ligier was in a awkward position in the early 90s where they were basically gifted a test track(Magny-Cours) by Mitterand but it ended up being a pretty bad reference given how smooth it was for the era. They had some very good qualifying performances occasionally but I think they had a lot of off week-ends where they just ended up chasing set-ups.
Indeed. Basically they were crap at Monaco, and within the top 6 at Hockenheim. What's astounding is that despite being in such a good position (5th constructor in 93), they were still struggling for cash, barely any sponsors on that car either way, compared to others much further down the grid.
@@lordmaximus780 Yup, Martin got a podium at Imola (where four cars only finished though) and Blundell was on the podium here at Hockenheim (with Martin 5th) and in the first race at Kyalami (helped by the late rainshower). However Martin scored several times, got more points than Mark (who only scored three times) and that probably gave him a run at the McLaren seat (but then again his competitor, after Prost gave up, was Alliot, so that was a piece of cake).
@@nehylen5738 Well, the car was designed by Gérard Ducarouge, Paul Crooks and Loic Bigois, no unknown names there, so the car ought to be decent really.
Martin was capable of being world champion no doubt i mean in f3 he ran Senna so close but like in my sport squash i was capable on my day to beat anyone in the top 25 in England but that was my day good drivers or good players in my case dont have a day they are allways on it thats the difference i do rember i think spa 1992 Martin could have won that race but stopped a lap too late for slicks and schumacher won
Didn't he smash his feet up in the 80s though which prevented him from being properly competitive? Similar to what happened to Herbert
@@blainy-o93 he did, but he remained competitive given the equipment he had. Just a lot of bad luck really
@@Jwm367t would have been interesting if he could have got into the Williams in 94 after Senna's death. Brundle was better than Coulthard imo.
World champion, I'm not sure, but F. Briatore said that in retrospect he regretted not noticing earlier enough that Brundle was the best teammate he could provide Schumacher with, and that he should've kept him at Benetton after 92.
@@nehylen5738 yes Patrese was very disappointing in 93 in comparison to Brundle. 92 was Brundle's best year and he outraced Schumacher towards the end of the season.
I always wished the commentators would belt up, as in, stop talking, when we had footage in car
Ligier employing two British drivers was not a choice the French fans were happy with!
'But here comes Martin Brundle !'
Fuck me dead, who woulda thunk it...finishing 11th must be like finishing 1st twice...
Martin Brundle and Mark Bundell.
That could get confusing.
Horrible for the Japanese commentators. Both names are said the exact same way in Japanese.
Pretty fast..
Full on limit but 4 secondes slower.
Essa Ligier era automática?
Sim
I never liked this lier when he testified against Senna in trial.
Just shows how much Brundle over-rates himself on TV. Just under 4 seconds slower than his team mate.
Prost wasn't his teammate. Btw Brundle was actually a good driver before his accident in Detroit 88.
He was dominated at Benetton in 92 by Schumacher and in 94 by Hakkinen but was equal against Barricehello in Jordan in 96.
He did two very good races in 95 , finishing 3rd in SPA and 4 th at MagnyCours , attacking Couldthard for 3rd at the end.
At an era where abandons due driver errors were much more common than nowadays , he was regularly bringing cars home nonetheless.
And generally, he was always doing better in races than in qualifs.
I always thoughthe should have won at the least a race someday , may be if Benetton have kept him for 93 and onwards.
@@ssssssss6889 Yeah, dominated by Schumacher so much he outscored him in the second half of the season (and was shown the door for being TOO competitive). 33 points to 27 point; 4 podiums a piece. Don't lie to yourself. Brundle wasn't as good as Schumacher (no doubt), but your Schumi didn't dominate him at all.
@@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 Good point, that always confused me why Benetton got rid of Brundle and Johnny Herbert, despite doing a good job, much better than JJ Lehto and Verstappen, also flavio briatore ( if that's how spell it ) seemed well dodgy, didn't one of his drivers ask him " What are these buttons that Michael has on his steering wheel that I don't ". He was told to " Just shut up and drive. "
@@stephenhumphrey7935 I think part of the problem was that Brundle was Tom Walkinshaw's man (not Briatore's), and when Walkinshaw left Benetton, Brundle had no internal support. From a competitive point of view, Brundle should have never been shown the door. He would have made the perfect number 2 for Schumacher from 1993 to 1995.